Cardinal Robert Prevost becomes 1st American pope
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Cardinal Robert Prevost has become the Catholic Church’s new pope, Leo XIV. His election marks the first instance of an American pope for the church.
As U.S. Cardinal Robert Prevost realized during the secret conclave that he might be elected the next Catholic pope, he put his head in his hands at the daunting prospect of leading the 1.4-billion-member Church,
Robert Prevost’s Catholic roots were planted in Chicago’s south side suburbs, where he grew up playing “pretend priest” and embodies the spirit of a “second Pope
On Thursday afternoon -- running with a claim by an ABC News reporter -- the Chicago Cubs boasted that Pope Leo XIV was a fan of theirs, with their famous signage outside Wrigley Field telling the locals the good news: "Hey, Chicago. He's a Cubs fan!"
Only days into his papacy, London's Catholic faithful are expressing hope and cautious optimism about the future of the Roman Catholic Church under Pope Leo XIV.
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